Ian even speculated that in certain regions among certain intelligent life forms, the number of Prophets is fixed.
Because fundamentally, Prophets glimpse the existence that threads through space-time by using Spirit Energy, and each one likely corresponds to a part of the frequency of Primal Aether. Their number is probably equivalent to the quantity of Primal Aether space-time streams in a certain space-time.
Therefore, Ian thought of another potential path.
The version of himself on this Spirit Disaster Path might not have used the 'Void Spawn' to destroy all of Humanity and the Divine Kingdoms of the gods to consolidate their power and head outside the Star Prison Tianyu.
On the contrary, his aim was to use an extraordinary and sanctified pathway, gathering everyone's Spirit Energy into one entity, forming a structure akin to the Deceased Monarch, to empower 'Prophet Psychic' abilities and become a 'Grand Prophet'.